Category Archives: Design Trends

Whether it’s the architectural pattern on hallway carpeting, digital graphics illuminated on columns in the lobby, screen-printed calligraphy on wallpaper, or framed portraits created by a local painter, art is integral to the aesthetic of a hotel. It can add ...

Designing an urban hotel is a bit like playing Tetris; you have to put all the little pieces together just right. Just ask architect Rob Uhrin. He’s been squeezing hotels into tight spaces for 15 years. Of course, he’s worked ...

Traditional bathrooms with tiled floors and shower curtains are so 2013. Industry experts are declaring 2014 as “The Year of the Bathroom,” and a growing number of hoteliers nationwide are remodeling or all together reconstructing their bathroom spaces. “The bed ...

The 3-D craze isn’t only confined to your local multiplex. It’s breaking out a new dimension (literally and figuratively) in hotel construction projects thanks to the advent of building information modeling (BIM). The concept has existed since 1987 but has ...

No matter what interest travelers have, from Barbie and Batman to lunar moon landings and medieval castles, they’re learning there’s likely a suite for that. “Concept suites give guests something more than what you typically would expect at a high-end ...